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grafting wax, making 

 along the wire. This 



Oblique Cordons 

 Fig 27 



tieing the denuded parts together with 

 a continuous line of bearing wood all 

 plan is especially adapted for apples and is generally placed along 

 either the front or back of a flower bed. The double horizontal 

 cordon differs only in planting the trees 16 feet apart and training 

 two leaders in opposite directions and tying together the ends of 

 adjoining trees when they overlap. In the latter case you save the 

 cost of one-half the trees required in the first instance. The palmette 

 Verier and the Espallier are merely modifications of the cordon and 

 will be easily understood from the cuts, they have the advantage of 

 supplying a more extended surface of bearing wood and conse- 

 quently effect a saving in the purchase of trees at the start. The 

 pyramid and goblets are very useful styles of training and are 

 specially adapted to the apple and pear. Pyramids require a very 

 simple system of pruning and yet form the most beautiful and pro- 

 lific trees for garden or lawn. The whole system consists in simply 

 thinning out the side shoots in June, shorten to half their length in 

 October. In winter a few autumnal shoots will be found to require 

 pruning ; these should all be shortened to three or four buds. If the 

 trees are aged or crowded with shoots they should be thinned with 

 a sharp knife; this will constitute the whole pruning for the year. 

 Pyramids should be planted in rows nine feet apart. Goblet or vase- 



